Literary Lapses

Stephen Leacock

ISBN 10: 1532819455 / ISBN 13: 9781532819452

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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Inhaltsangabe:

Literary Lapses is a classic by Stephen P. H Butler Leacock, a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. During the years 1910 and 1925, he was thought to be the most widely read English-speaking author in the world. Any profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards the Freeriver Community project, a project designed to promote harmonious community living and well-being in the world. To learn more about the Freeriver project please visit the website - www.freerivercommunity.com

About the Author:

Award-winning Canadian humorist and writer Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was the author of more than 50 literary works, and between 1915 and 1925 was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world. Leacock s fictional works include classics like Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, and Literary Lapses. In addition to his humor writings, Leacock was an accomplished political theorist, publishing such works as Elements of Political Science and My Discovery of the West: A Discussion of East and West in Canada, for which he won the Governor General's Award for writing in 1937. Leacock s life continues to be commemorated through the awarding of the Leacock Medal for Humour and with an annual literary festival in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Literary Lapses
Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket